Cytokines in Pericardial Effusion of Patients with Inflammatory Pericardial Disease
Cytokines in Pericardial Effusion of Patients with Inflammatory Pericardial Disease
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DOI:
10.1155/2012/382082
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Pankuweit, Sabine
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作者:
Karatolios, Konstantinos;Moosdorf, Rainer;Pankuweit, Sabine
Background. The role of inflammatory and angiogenic cytokines in patients with inflammatory pericardial effusion still remains uncertain. Methods. We assessed pericardial and serum levels of VEGF, bFGF, IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha by ELISA in patients with inflammatory pericardial effusion (PE) of autoreactive (n = 22) and viral (n = 11) origin, and for control in pericardial fluid (PF) and serum (n = 26) of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Results. VEGF levels were significantly higher in patients with autoreactive and viral PE than in patients with CAD in both PE (P = 0, 006 for autoreactive and P < 0, 001 for viral PE) and serum (P < 0, 001 for autoreactive and P < 0, 001 for viral PE). Pericardial bFGF levels were higher compared to serum levels in patients with inflammatory PE and patients with CAD (P